Mygrandma went to the Eiffel tower in Paris, France. She decided to go to the top of the Eiffel tower. So she climbed 1,000 stairs to get to the top. When she did get to the top, she stayed up there for 2 hours. Then she decided to climb back down. Then she found an ice cream parlor; so she decided to get a 10 scoop ice cream cone that was 1 foot high. And she needed to have a cone holder to hold the cone- then that same ice cream parlor set a world record in the guinness book of world records for having the tallest ice cream cone in the world that includes: 10 scoops of any flavor ice cream and the size is 1 foot high. Then she stayed at the Ice cream parlor for 1 hour.
THE END
~JESSICA
WHere did this idea come from? Interesting. Ms. Schwieters
5-5-10
I wish that there was stories about.......
- Kids that get minor colds and then a few days later it gets worser
- Kids that love to read
- Kids who go to all-year-round schools
- Self Confidence
- Assertion
- Kids that have passed away grandparents - Kids that want to fit in with everyone else
- Kids who need to participate more
- People who want to fit in, bout they don't really know how too
- Empathy
I think that this list is your best idea. You have a lot of experience with some of these things and can really make it sound real.-Ms. Schwieters
5-6-10 Issue: Passed away grandparents
There once was a boy named David that had 2 passed away grandparents. One of the grandparents he never got to meet, because he passed away before he was born. The other one he saw all of he life. That was his grandma Helen, he had so much fun when he got to see her. David lived in another state, so he had to travel a lot to see his grandma. But then, just recently, his grandma passed away, and he can't get over her death. He still sometimes thinks that she is still alive. And just before she passed away, David would be there taking care of her with his Mom; David spent along time taking care of his grandma. He got to see her and take care of her 2 days before she had passed.
The End
~JESSICA This is an interesting start. Make sure you keep generating ideas. Don't get stuck on one thing.-Ms Schwieters
Generating Ideas
David is my character from my passed away grandparents story; his personality is...... Is that he doesn't have confidence in him self. He loved his grandma very much. So, he saw her from the stage of walking with a cane... to walking with a walker.... to being in a wheelchair.... to being bed-bound. Then he finally saw her when something was taking over his grandma.
Grandma Helen's personality is.... She was a fighter... she was brave.... she was strong...... she had a good attitude........ she believed in herself........... she believed that if you set your mind to something, you could do it.
~JESSICA
This is a great start. I like how you shared about the stages of Grandma walking. I like the traits you gave Grandma. Why does she have those traits? Did she experience hardships in her past?-Ms. Schwieters
More ideas for my characters......
* David had always loved to read like his grandma.
* Grandma and David were book worms because they always loved to read, and because they thought more about there books. They would still be involved with friends. Still willing to talk to others
* They both liked to play checkers. Because........... they were both smart and checkers has to-do with doing where to move on the board
Keep up the great work! I am impressed with how well you are listing character traits for your characters. Do you have an idea about what is going to happen to these people?-Ms Schwieters
Developing characters
5-11-10
Internal
-White/tan skin -Loves to read
-Small hands -Needs to have more confidence
-The same eyes as his grandma and his mom -Needs to be moe assertive
-Large feet, almost bigger then his mom's -Loves to do spelling
-Small nose
External
-Likes to draw
-Short,Thick,Brown-ish blonde-ish Irish hair
-Has a sense of humor
-Loves to go on to the computer
-Loves to go to the ocean
-Likes to collect sea~shells
What else? I am very impreseed with your focus on the work. Keep up the good work.-Ms. Schwieters
5-14-10
Wants......
-Wants his grandma back
-A dog
-Wants to be more assertive
Yearns for......
-Wants an Ipad
What gets in the way.....
-His confidence
-Worrying to much
5-14-10
- My character collects books (because he loves to read)
-My character likes to ware comfortable clothes such as......
sweat pants, or jeans, or a hoodie, and a long sleeve shirt.
5-4-10 My possible realistic story ideas
My grandma went to the Eiffel tower in Paris, France. She decided to go to the top of the Eiffel tower. So she climbed 1,000 stairs to get to the top. When she did get to the top, she stayed up there for 2 hours. Then she decided to climb back down. Then she found an ice cream parlor; so she decided to get a 10 scoop ice cream cone that was 1 foot high. And she needed to have a cone holder to hold the cone- then that same ice cream parlor set a world record in the guinness book of world records for having the tallest ice cream cone in the world that includes: 10 scoops of any flavor ice cream and the size is 1 foot high. Then she stayed at the Ice cream parlor for 1 hour.
THE END
~JESSICA
WHere did this idea come from? Interesting. Ms. Schwieters
5-5-10
I wish that there was stories about.......
- Kids that get minor colds and then a few days later it gets worser
- Kids that love to read
- Kids who go to all-year-round schools
- Self Confidence
- Assertion
- Kids that have passed away grandparents - Kids that want to fit in with everyone else
- Kids who need to participate more
- People who want to fit in, bout they don't really know how too
- Empathy
I think that this list is your best idea. You have a lot of experience with some of these things and can really make it sound real.-Ms. Schwieters
5-6-10 Issue: Passed away grandparents
There once was a boy named David that had 2 passed away grandparents. One of the grandparents he never got to meet, because he passed away before he was born. The other one he saw all of he life. That was his grandma Helen, he had so much fun when he got to see her. David lived in another state, so he had to travel a lot to see his grandma. But then, just recently, his grandma passed away, and he can't get over her death. He still sometimes thinks that she is still alive. And just before she passed away, David would be there taking care of her with his Mom; David spent along time taking care of his grandma. He got to see her and take care of her 2 days before she had passed.
The End
~JESSICA This is an interesting start. Make sure you keep generating ideas. Don't get stuck on one thing.-Ms Schwieters
Generating Ideas
David is my character from my passed away grandparents story; his personality is...... Is that he doesn't have confidence in him self. He loved his grandma very much. So, he saw her from the stage of walking with a cane... to walking with a walker.... to being in a wheelchair.... to being bed-bound. Then he finally saw her when something was taking over his grandma.
Grandma Helen's personality is.... She was a fighter... she was brave.... she was strong...... she had a good attitude........ she believed in herself........... she believed that if you set your mind to something, you could do it.
~JESSICA
This is a great start. I like how you shared about the stages of Grandma walking. I like the traits you gave Grandma. Why does she have those traits? Did she experience hardships in her past?-Ms. Schwieters
More ideas for my characters......
* David had always loved to read like his grandma.
* Grandma and David were book worms because they always loved to read, and because they thought more about there books. They would still be involved with friends. Still willing to talk to others
* They both liked to play checkers. Because........... they were both smart and checkers has to-do with doing where to move on the board
Keep up the great work! I am impressed with how well you are listing character traits for your characters. Do you have an idea about what is going to happen to these people?-Ms Schwieters
Developing characters
5-11-10
Internal
-White/tan skin -Loves to read
-Small hands -Needs to have more confidence
-The same eyes as his grandma and his mom -Needs to be moe assertive
-Large feet, almost bigger then his mom's -Loves to do spelling
-Small nose
External
-Likes to draw
-Short,Thick,Brown-ish blonde-ish Irish hair
-Has a sense of humor
-Loves to go on to the computer
-Loves to go to the ocean
-Likes to collect sea~shells
What else? I am very impreseed with your focus on the work. Keep up the good work.-Ms. Schwieters
5-14-10
Wants......
-Wants his grandma back
-A dog
-Wants to be more assertive
Yearns for......
-Wants an Ipad
What gets in the way.....
-His confidence
-Worrying to much
5-14-10
- My character collects books (because he loves to read)
-My character likes to ware comfortable clothes such as......
sweat pants, or jeans, or a hoodie, and a long sleeve shirt.
-Some favorite places are.... Boston, Chicago, Minnesota, Ireland
-Some treasures are.. his books, his family, his guinea pig
-He worries about...... dying, because his grandma passed away and he earns for her back
5-18-10
Character development
My character wants to go to the M.O.A every weeekend
My character wants to go to Harvard college in Boston, Massachusetts
My character yearns for............. a pap-pion dog for his family
My character yearns for............. his grandma back
My character yearns for............. a sister to play with
My character yearns for............. more confidence
My character yearns for............. being able to fit in all the time
What gets in the way of my character is......... sometimes being to short to reach things
What gets in the way of my character is......... not always fitting in at school
What gets in the way of my character is......... thinking about death and how it can take over someone